Uber Developers

Link Account

¶ Identity

The Identity endpoint links the requested third party account to the Uber user that has authorized the application.

¶ Resource

POST /v1/identity/link-account

¶ Authorization

OAuth 2.0 user access token that has the identity.link-account scope

¶ POST Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`thirdPartyUserID`	`string`	The unique identifier of the user’s third party account.
`accountType` (optional)	`enum`	Distinguishes the type of third party account being linked to the user’s Uber account. Must be configured prior to use, please contact 3p-identity-group@uber.com.

¶ Example Request

Replace <TOKEN> in the example below with a user access token

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <TOKEN>' \
     -H 'Accept-Language: en_US' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{
           "thirdPartyUserID": "{THIRD_PARTY_USER_ID}",
        }' "https://api.uber.com/v1/identity/link-account"

¶ Response for Example Request

Status-Code: 200 OK

{}

¶ Subsequent response for Example Request

If subsequent requests are made with Example Request it will also succeed. It will not return a conflict because the Uber user is already linked to the requested thirdPartyUserID

Status-Code: 200 OK

{}

¶ Unauthorized Request

Replace <BAD_TOKEN> in the example below with a user access token that does not have the identity.link-account scope

curl -X POST \
     -H 'Authorization: Bearer <BAD_TOKEN>' \
     -H 'Accept-Language: en_US' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{
           "thirdPartyUserID": "{THIRD_PARTY_USER_ID}",
        }' "https://api.uber.com/v1/identity/link-account"

¶ Unauthorized Response

Status-Code: 401 UNAUTHORIZED

{"code":"unauthorized","message":"This endpoint requires at least one of the following scopes: identity.link-account"}

¶ Conflict Request

Assume that Example Request was sent, and you received a Success Response. Now, you send a Conflict Request:

A new user access token (<NEW_TOKEN>) is provided with the same thirdPartyUserID from Example Request. This will fail because the thirdPartyUserID is already linked to the user in Example Request.
The same user access token (<TOKEN>) is provided with a different thirdPartyUserID from Example Request. This will fail because the user is already linked to the thirdPartyUserID from Example Request.

¶ Conflict Response

Status-Code: 409 CONFLICT

{"code":"conflict","message":"this user has already been linked to another account"}